but why is it called ftp?
On https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de you can find...
- a full Bitcoin node (top 10 according to bitnodes.io)
- a Nostr relay
- Tor relays (guard, over 2 GBit/sec)
- 28 TByte worth of open source software (with rsync access)
All of that is served via IPv4 & IPv6, up to 20 GBit/sec, with lots of fast storage. Enjoy!
Discussion
When the project started, FTP was still in active use und most other mirror servers had similar names. FTP still works, by the way.